Playing with Her Whole Erectile Tissue Network

The more I know about anatomy, the better I can visualize it in dimension and the better I can make a man or woman feel sublime by stroking different areas in different ways.

I unearthed a treasure trove of new anatomical information about female genitalia today on a double episode of Expanded Lovemaking. (Dr. Patti’s free podcast – it’s sexy and educational) Specifically, information about how to engorge the whole erectile tissue network in a woman’s Yoni (pussy). Read about vestibular bulbs and how they can help a woman orgasm with intercourse below.

Just recently I learned about the Fourchette (love those Frenchies!) and the FrontCommissure in my HotLicks review. Now I am opening up new neural pathways to both areas of my Yoni for even more delicious sensation.

This two part podcast gave me even more areas of my vulva to play with and engorge for more orgasmic pleasure.

Below are the links to listen to both episodes. And I’ve put some of the highlights from the show below for you if you prefer to read than listen:

Secret Maps to Sexual Pleasure (Part One) with Sheri Winston

Orgasmic Abundance (Part Two) with Sheri Winston

This is the book Sheri was finishing at the time of the review. I just purchased it. It got the 2010 Book of the Year from ASSECT, which is the Sex Educators association – a very elite crew of experts. Sheri is impressive.

The Erectile Network

Sheri Winston: The erectile network begins with the head of the clitoris, the part that everybody already knows about that is indeed made of erectile tissue. Then there’s the shaft underneath the hood of the clitoris. If you put your fingers on the skin right above the head of the clitoris and push down under the skin you’ll feel a roundness, and that’s the shaft of the clitoris and that is made of erectile tissue.

At the base of the shaft the clitoris splits into two, it has two legs like a fat fishbowl. When it divides, one leg on either side, kind of like a wishbone, but buried under a lot of tissue. At high level arousal you can also find the tops of the legs.

Dr. Patti Taylor: Where are they?

Sheri Winston: So once you’ve found the shaft, put your fingers a little bit wider apart, feel through the skin, and at high level arousal you might be able to feel kind of these ropey tops of the legs of the clitoris.

Every woman is different, so for some women they will be able to feel them more easily at lower levels of arousal. Other women will be easier to feel at high levels. But if you can find them then you want to sort of follow them down and see how far down you can follow them. They will at some point get buried under too much tissue to really feel, but it’s a fun little game to find out how much of them you can feel.

Okay, we’ll that’s just the parts of the clitoris. The next part of the erectile network are what are called the vestibular bulbs…

Vestibular Bulbs

Now the vestibular bulbs are like two big fat parentheses. They’re underneath the outer lips, there’s one on either side, and the bottom part of them, which is very fat and bulbous, is on either side of the vaginal opening. But they run up along the sides and they actually attach to the shaft of the clitoris.

They’re underneath the outer lips, and they like firm, raw stimulation. You know how sometimes you’re making out with somebody and they’ve got their thigh pressed up against your whole crotch? The reason that feels good is that’s stimulating the vestibular bulbs. And the bulbs are great ‘cause they get huge. You should have a handful of pussy when you are getting her aroused. And they’re like a penis. You just start playing with it, it’s limp and it just puffs up in your hand like the Pillsbury Dough Boy. When they get really big and puffy, the sensations around the vaginal opening are better, and it also is connected to the clitoris.

When I first started having sex I did not have orgasms from intercourse, and over half of women don’t have orgasms from intercourse. Now there’s a number of reasons why that is so, but one of the reasons is because we don’t know about the bulbs. And if you don’t know about them and if you don’t play with them and they don’t get big and puffy and erect, then it’s not going to feel as good when you have something inside your vagina.

But when those bulbs are big and puffy, well then it’s like, oh, not only does it feel great to have something there, it also connects up with the clitoral system.

[Sloane’s Note: When hubby gives me an expanded orgasm, he first gives me a massage and rubs my labia majora between his fingers, puffing them up. The vestibular bulbs are underneath those big outer pussy lips.]

6 Comments

Frank / August 6, 2013

Thank you very much for describing and explaining the function of the Vestibular Bulbs raising like “Little Dough Boy” bulbs and their importance. Although, I thought that I knew much about the Outer Vaginal Genitalia, least did I know of their massaged importance! You brought back from the past an interesting observation of my wife’s ONCE excited vulva, when the Vestibular Bulbs were fully expanded, very puffy (just like little Dough Boys) and snug to my penis!
Unfortunately in the past and even now, after approaching my wife she has refused my fingers touching her down there, and so I / we have missed out on some the best sex that we otherwise could have enjoyed from such a simple massaging technique. Many thanks to you again for your informative article, May many others enjoy its exciting and powerfully passionate ecstasies!

My girlfriend has undergone FGM and some of these parts you are talking about have been removed, I think. She doesn’t really allow me to play with her yonni too much. The clitoris and its accessories are removed. I have tried to make her orgasm many times but its many through penetration. I don’t know if anything is left there to play with externally. Can you tell me if the vestibular bulbs, faucets and the other parts are still there? I always wanted to give her more mind-blowing orgasms. Most of the time its hard to get her to orgasm.

First, on behalf of other women, I would like to thank you for being so concerned over your girlfriend’s pleasure. It is very heartwarming.

I would also like to let you know that reconstructive surgery for FGM victims is a possibility especially in Paris, France where it was first invented a couple of years ago. the female genitalia is like a bountiful tree, its bud is the clitoris, and this clitoris has a root. Surgeons use that root and collagen to rebuild a clitoris that will feel just as good as the original one. What has been cut CAN REGROW and be full of life again ! Also, in California, there is a doctor who inject collagen in women’s G-spot (on the anterior wall of the vagina) to help women achieve vaginal orgasms more easily.

I am not a victim of Female Genital Mutilation, but I can sympathize and at least provide some advice on how to turn on a woman.

1/ I think that sex and pleasure are a thing of the mind for women. An orgasm is simply a chemical reaction in the brain. Some women can even bring themselves to orgasm without having to touch themselves, just by sheer power of the mind.
If I think about a man I have feelings for, I will feel delicious spasms of desire and longing in my vagina (and this has nothing to do with the external part of my genitals). Sometimes, just listening to a man I like, and who is being very passionate about a topic, will set a fire in my belly. I think you should not underestimate the power of words and of the mind. Before being intimate, tell your girl how beautiful and how special she is. Tell her how much you care about her, and how much you want her and how much she feels good. You see, I cannot squirt and I have never had a vaginal orgasm. I can only come with clitoral stimulation, a clitoral orgasm being similar to a male orgasm which, I have been told, are of low grade intensity and nothing in comparison to a vaginal orgasm. This has lead me to think that I was less of a woman, that my sexuality was not good enough. It actually gave me performance anxiety. I started chasing after a very elusive orgasm and needed to focus an awful lot to achieve an orgasm of poor quality.
I think there is a high possibility that your girl has performance anxiety. Maybe she feels less than other women, maybe, she thinks she cannot satisfy you, or does not turn you on. Maybe she even thinks she doesn’t do your effort to make love to her justice. So, please, MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS SHE IS ENOUGH FOR YOU, and even more than what you could have hoped for. And reassure her on how good her body feels and how satisfied you feel when you make love to her. And let her know that you love every inch of her body, including the way her genitals look and feel. Tell her. 🙂

2/Massages are very important. Women can get orgasms through their breasts, through their necks, through their back muscles, through their feet. It is not that surprising since the nervous system is organized like a web. The genital nerves run up to the belly and breasts area etc… I heard of a woman who, while receiving a therapeutic massage, got a knot in her back so well kneaded that she came ! I personally get really aroused when my breasts are gently caressed over my clothes. I never came this way but I get very hot all over my body, I shiver, I get goosebumps, and I start fidgeting and my crotch gets really moist and hot. When I am kissed over and over again in my neck, it is like all the “symptoms” I described above, but like ten times more intense, and it’s like a delicious agony.
Once, as a man was licking and sucking on all my toes at the same time, I thought I would come ! An electric shock ran from my foot to my vagina and it felt amazing. I wish he would have carried on to bring me to ecstasy. Some women say they have pressure point in their foot that when pressed can lead them to climax! If I were you, I would massage my girlfriend neck a lot, kiss it a lot as well. I would also massage her glutes, as there are a lot of nerve ending in the butt. From there, as she is laying on her belly, I would try to massage her crotch, only the external part. Maybe you’ll be able to gently massage her vestibular bulbs. Unfortunately, it is hard to know whether or not her outer labia are still there. (There are several degrees of FGM, some more extreme than others). Only you would know what is there and what is not :p Know that if her outer labia are still there, then her vestibular bulbs are definitely there too. And even if her outer labia have been removed, it might be worth it to try stimulate the area nonetheless, her bulbs might have been buried deep enough to escape the mutilation.

As a conclusion, I will say that women want to be cared for. They crave a gentle touch, gentle words, soft kisses and sensual caresses. Even the toughest woman actually want to be pampered. I have read that the way to orgasm is to learn to surrender and to let go. It is not as easy to do as one may think ! To be able to let go, a woman needs to feel safe, loved and to trust her partner. So make your woman feel safe, loved and like she’s in good hands.
Your questioning about female pleasure and your being concerned over your woman’s pleasure already tells me your girl is in good hands. 🙂

I hope you will see this message although your question is one year old.
Good luck to you and to your girlfriend !

It’s good to be able to put a name to these so call estranged feelings – vestibular bulb. Often times the things we learn again, we already know anecdotally. But when we become educated professionally, it allows us to simply bring into focus the feelings of the past and present. And now really focus on the future into the real issues we have always wanted to know.Now we know the how’s, whys and when to turn on the light bulb!